is this a die crack?

[loquixx]

what kind of error is this?

[GrumpyEd]

Not a die crack.

It looks like a pre 93 zinc cent with plating lifting/bulging.

[GrumpyEd]

Always put a date with pics, it helps people to say what something might be.
Like this, if it was pre-zinc then it rules out plating.

[enamel7]

Just looks like a stain to me!

[GrumpyEd]

Just looks like a stain to me!

Could be.
Maybe some acetone will take it off.

[jfines69]

Pic is good... Some areas appear raised so I think it is a combo of plating issues and stains!!!

[loquixx]

is from 1984

[loquixx]

what it mean can you esplain please the cent is from 1984

[enamel7]

We did explain. It's either a stain or a combination of stain and plating issues.

[GrumpyEd]

what it mean can you esplain please the cent is from 1984

We can tell it's a zinc by the look plus it's pre 93 because of the wide AM.
1984 is copper plated zinc so plating can lift. It can lift because of gunk on the zinc under the plating or from heat or other environmental causes that make oxide grow under it and lift it.

On first look it looks like lifted plating but then the stain matches it so it was either something that causes the stain (heat or glued by gunk to another coin) and lifted the plating or it's just a stain making it look lifted or even some gunk there that looks like it's lifted like clear gunk like dried soda pop. The reasoning is that if it was lifted from something under the plating then odds are pretty unlikely that it can get a matching stain by chance that follows it.

It doesn't look like a die crack because it's not sharp and it's so wide plus the arc it follows really looks like another coin was against it like cents in a cup holder that get stuck together with soda pop or something sticky.
Cracks tend to be sharper and less rounded and more like a lightning bolt, this line follows a curve like a coin was stuck to it.
It's also not a place where you see cracks and if it was a crack it would either go through the letters or around or from them but this line passes under them leaving the letters with no crack.

Anyway, that's my reasoning, not a crack. Either stain and lifted plating or just a stain.

Did you see if it can wash off with solvent?

[loquixx]

not I going to wash I will see. if is not glue I will take a picture I will submit it

[enamel7]

When you say summit it, who to? I hope not a grading company, you will be wasting your money. This coin isn't worthy of a slab.

[Frank]

When you say summit it, who to? I hope not a grading company, you will be wasting your money. This coin isn't worthy of a slab.

Yeah, that's throwing money away...unless they mean submitting the pic here.

[GrumpyEd]

One other clue that it's from something round like a coin stuck against it is right above the S where that curved stain crosses the rim it looks like a ding on the rim and other than that the rest of the rim is free of dings. Makes it seem likely something was there.